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Coronavirus: Authorities granted new powers for Alert Level 2
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English - May 13, 2020 19:39 - 3 minutes - 2.95 MBNews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Authorities now have sweeping powers to enforce Covid-19 restrictions.
Legislation - pushed through under urgency - passed its final reading in Parliament last night with the National Party and ACT voting against.
Among other things, the law allows police to enter a person's home without a warrant to shut down large gatherings. Dr Eddie Clark is a public law expert at Victoria University of Wellington.
He speaks to Corin Dann.